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Geography
Critical Vocabulary over Geography
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Social Studies
8th Grade
03/16/2012

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5 themes of geography

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MR. HELP – Movement, Region, Human-Environment Interaction, Location, Place

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Environment

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·      The circumstances, objects, or conditions by which one is surrounded

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Population density

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·      the number of people in a city, country, or district per square mile

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Regions

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Parts of the earth that share common characteristics

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Migrations

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Actions of moving from one place to another

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Push and Pull Factors

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    usually due to famine, disease, economic opportunity, technology, and war

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Settlement

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·      Establishment of a person in life as in a fixed place or a permanent residence

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Map Projection

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a way of drawing around earth on a flat map;  Robinson/Mercator

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Globe

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A scale model of the Earth that correctly represent area, relative size/shape of physical features, distance between points, and true compass directions.

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Place

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Physical (landforms) or cultural characteristics that define an area.

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Urban

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        City or high-populated area.

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Rural

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Small town or country; low populated area.

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Adaptation 

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Enabling/changing something or someone to fit into a certain environment or situation (change houses, clothing, tools)

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Developed country

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A country with a high level of education, effective government, and specialized jobs.

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Natural resources

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Like water, oil, natural gas, and coal.

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Technical advances

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Better ways of completing tasks; new tools or machines. 

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Climate

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·      Usual weather pattern of an area over a long period of time.

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Weather

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·      Condition of the earth’s atmosphere over a long period of time.

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Elevation

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·      Height of a land above sea level.

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Longitude lines

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·      Prime Meridian, touch at North and South poles

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Latitude lines

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Equator; never touch

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